Thursday, January 30, 2014

The application
process for the 2014 Trawick Prize: BethesdaContemporary Art Awards is now open. This competition, produced by the Bethesda
Arts & Entertainment District, awards one of the largest cash prizes given
to a visual artist, with a top prize of
$10,000. The competition’s founder, the amazing Carol Trawick (we all wish we had another dozen folks like her around the DMV), is
committed to annually honoring visual artists with this award. The deadline to apply is April 7.

The awards are as follows:

Best in Show - $10,000
Second Place
- $2,000
Third Place
- $1,000
Young Artists* - $1,000*Young Artist whose birthday is after April
7, 1984 may be awarded this prize.

Artists who are 18 years of age or older and permanent,
full-time residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington,
D.C., are eligible to submit an
application. For additional eligibility requirements and to access the
application please visit theirwebsite.

The jury will select up to 10 finalists who will be invited
to display their work in a group exhibition at Gallery B in downtown Bethesda in September
2014.

The three judge panel includes: Tom
Ashcraft, visual artist, founding member of Workingman Collectiveand Associate Professor and
the head of Sculpture in the School of Art at George Mason University, Laure Drogoul, interdisciplinary artist,
Director of The 14Karat Cabaretand
Co-organizer and Curator of the Transmodern Festivaland Jeremy Drummond, media artist andAssistant Professor of Art
in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Richmond.